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I’ve recently discovered that FedEx will let you redirect a delivery to Walgreens, where the box will sit inside the conditioned store…
FedEx vs UPS has been and will continue to be debated endlessly but the bottom line is that it all depends on where you live. FedEx is superior in some areas and UPS in others. There is no “one size fits all”, however some sites (such as Invino) do let the buyer choose their carrier and that would seem to be the best solution.
@chipgreen
Pretty much
On the Meh/Mediocre side, it’s all FedEx smart post and we have been griping since the day it opened.
FedEx if they keep it (rare) do not follow our properties delivery rules. Pisses off mgt regularly.
If they send it to USPS, I can wave at it as it drive by me and stops and 2 or so smartpost stops before it goes to the post office and back to me 2 to 3 days later.
2 day or overnight doesn’t seem to be as much of a difference (other than if delivered at home, that they leave it in an unsecured location when a secure one is available (FedEx, rarely UPS or USPS). (We’ll not even speak of if it’s an AMACRAP delivery by themselves. Can’t cure stupid
@Cerridwyn@losthighwayz
Definitely location and driver, my wine location shipping is fedex only - I have actually had to cancel some winery direct buys due to them not offering fedex shipping as I am only at that address every 2 weeks for four days. At my regular shipping address where I actually live both ups and fedex deliver just fine.
I live in Utah a no alcohol shipping zone but have a weekend place just over the border in Idaho that I use for my wine shipments.
Location, location, location, indeed. I’m fortunate enough to live in a spot within 2 miles of both a FedEx and a UPS depot, and have had enough shipments to each and have formed good relationships with all the personnel at both, so I never have a problem with shipments at either place, including assurances that they would “never” ship one of mine back because I didn’t pick it up within 5 days. I haven’t tried testing that yet, and I do leave each of them a little something at holiday time (the Gruet shipments that came out in December the past 2 years came in handy for that), so maybe that helps.
I much prefer FedEx. When UPS has a delivery and I can’t be home, the only option is a 20 mile drive to the main processing facility, in heavy traffic (at any time of day). FedEx will hold at a dozen different places within 10 miles of my home. No contest.
FedEx recently authorized Walgreens to handle HAL packages and UPS is trying to keep up by allowing holds at UPS Store locations. This has made both carriers more attractive and narrowed the gap between the two (for my purposes) as I used to have to drive about a half hour away to pickup UPS packages.
@chipgreen I found a notification on my door just yesterday for a wine shipment via UPS. I believe it’s one of my BD purchases (Franny Beck or Tercero), even though I had arranged shipping FedEx with both wineries. I was unable to redirect to a UPS store here in Denver. Now I get to drive 25 miles into a traffic-congested area to get my wine. Terrible!
@bolligra@chipgreen I just got my PAETRA Riesling shipment from WB. Supposed to ship FedEx but shipped UPS. My FedEx office accepted the delivery for me with no issues.
Absolutely love my FedEx outlet. If it’s got my name on it, they accept it.
I had bought into the Kickstarter deal for free shipping for this year, which has been worth it. After two very long and very tortured shipping routes, I’m starting to feel like I’m getting the cheapest possible shipping. Hard to complain since it is FREE, but it has bugged me a little. Anyone else?
@trifecta This last time it paused for a while in Iowa, then a full day in Ohio, another full day near Philadelphia, two and a 1/2 days outside Syracuse, then finally to Rochester, NY after a whole day on the truck. This could all be circumstantial or weather related, but both times have taken a while to get to me after shipping. I really am not complaining - free is free!!! Just surprised.
@ejrunion Same! I had a case shipped back to CA because FedEx made “attempts” to deliver (I was home), but never contacted me or left a door tag. This almost happened again, but I raised a big stink on the phone. Turns out they intermittently listed my residential address as a business. I managed to reroute it to the local store but it was a royal pain. It’s not consistent, either. Some boxes get here just fine - and others seem to mysteriously never leave their distribution center. Kind of ridiculous.
I mean, NYC delivery is never exactly as you want it to be but this has been a bit extreme. Anytime I have to miss work 2x to have something simply delivered at the time they said they would deliver it is rather maddening. Hope I don’t have to call in for my latest order!
There have been a lot of weather related delays back east in the last couple months. Somehow I got on an email list and FedEx sends me regular notices to tell me when their hubs are shutting down for weather. There have been a lot of those emails in the last 60 days.
@airynne I feel I need to retract some of my comments. I spoke with a fellow Wooter and Casemate, and he didn’t feel like it was that bad, and he reminded me that many times a Woot delivery took quite a while to arrive. Put it down to my impatience to get it!
Usually have had pleasant experiences with FedEx, but…A case was scheduled for delivery today. Took off of work to be here to sign for it, and the weather finally got to 60 so a good day to do outside yard work. At 9:30 a. m. the tracking indicated weather delay at 10 a.m. This package had arrived in the suburbs yesterday at noon, with a subsequent transfer to the downtown distribution center. There has been no rain or snow here, so what “weather delay” means is a mystery. I contacted FedEx and customer service had no answer and would/could do nothing to get it delivered any time sooner than tomorrow, some time during the normal delivery hours. I was assured by CS that it would be held in a temperature controlled location, however. LOL. (end of rant)
@jmdavidson1 Follow up for Thursday. Decided to have the package sent to a local grocery for delivery today. Checked the tracking this afternoon and FedEx says Delivery Exception new delivery date of Friday. SO, I go the grocery store and speak with all three managers and none of them said they sent the package back. Called FedEx and CS doesn’t know why there was an exception. They said they’d follow up and call me within the next two hours. That was two hours ago. DO I accept delivery or refuse it tomorrow? SO far, two big lies from FedEx and my wine has been driven around for the last 48 hours. I have also tried to contact Casemates CS to see what they want me to do, accept it or return it.
How so?
Nary an issue, be ground or home, with the carrier;
now, ship dates, over holidays and weekends, that can be a different story.
HAL is your friend if you’re not home to sign.
Ron means “hold at location” - i.e. you can redirect the shipment to be held at a local FedEx location (mostly former Kinko’s locations).
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I’ve recently discovered that FedEx will let you redirect a delivery to Walgreens, where the box will sit inside the conditioned store…
I will take FedEx over UPS any day of the week. Personally I use GSO when I can because it is cheaper and faster.
@trifecta plus they (GSO) accept standard cases; no need to repack into a huge shipper.
FedEx vs UPS has been and will continue to be debated endlessly but the bottom line is that it all depends on where you live. FedEx is superior in some areas and UPS in others. There is no “one size fits all”, however some sites (such as Invino) do let the buyer choose their carrier and that would seem to be the best solution.
@chipgreen
Pretty much
On the Meh/Mediocre side, it’s all FedEx smart post and we have been griping since the day it opened.
FedEx if they keep it (rare) do not follow our properties delivery rules. Pisses off mgt regularly.
If they send it to USPS, I can wave at it as it drive by me and stops and 2 or so smartpost stops before it goes to the post office and back to me 2 to 3 days later.
2 day or overnight doesn’t seem to be as much of a difference (other than if delivered at home, that they leave it in an unsecured location when a secure one is available (FedEx, rarely UPS or USPS). (We’ll not even speak of if it’s an AMACRAP delivery by themselves. Can’t cure stupid
I hate FedEx with a fiery hot passion.
I hate ups. I can reroute fedex to kinkos. Not so with ups. Need to reroute to their facility.
@losthighwayz This alone it reason to pour the hate on the brown.
@losthighwayz
My area ups is horrible, fedex is great auto holds everything for me - pick up at my convenience.
UPS color is brown for a reason.
@losthighwayz @rc70 it’s all location, location, location
@losthighwayz what’s kinko’s
@Cerridwyn @losthighwayz
Definitely location and driver, my wine location shipping is fedex only - I have actually had to cancel some winery direct buys due to them not offering fedex shipping as I am only at that address every 2 weeks for four days. At my regular shipping address where I actually live both ups and fedex deliver just fine.
I live in Utah a no alcohol shipping zone but have a weekend place just over the border in Idaho that I use for my wine shipments.
Location, location, location, indeed. I’m fortunate enough to live in a spot within 2 miles of both a FedEx and a UPS depot, and have had enough shipments to each and have formed good relationships with all the personnel at both, so I never have a problem with shipments at either place, including assurances that they would “never” ship one of mine back because I didn’t pick it up within 5 days. I haven’t tried testing that yet, and I do leave each of them a little something at holiday time (the Gruet shipments that came out in December the past 2 years came in handy for that), so maybe that helps.
I much prefer FedEx. When UPS has a delivery and I can’t be home, the only option is a 20 mile drive to the main processing facility, in heavy traffic (at any time of day). FedEx will hold at a dozen different places within 10 miles of my home. No contest.
Wow. Such emotional opinions. I dont really care as long as i get my crap.
FedEx recently authorized Walgreens to handle HAL packages and UPS is trying to keep up by allowing holds at UPS Store locations. This has made both carriers more attractive and narrowed the gap between the two (for my purposes) as I used to have to drive about a half hour away to pickup UPS packages.
@chipgreen unless it’s changed recently, UPS will not allow me to hold wine at a local office. Anything nonalcoholic, yes, but not wine.
@bolligra The UPS Store just showed up as a hold option for me last week for the first time.
@bolligra The UPS Store has NOT been an option for holding my last 2 wine shipments. Perhaps a one-time glitch…
@chipgreen I found a notification on my door just yesterday for a wine shipment via UPS. I believe it’s one of my BD purchases (Franny Beck or Tercero), even though I had arranged shipping FedEx with both wineries. I was unable to redirect to a UPS store here in Denver. Now I get to drive 25 miles into a traffic-congested area to get my wine. Terrible!
@bolligra @chipgreen I just got my PAETRA Riesling shipment from WB. Supposed to ship FedEx but shipped UPS. My FedEx office accepted the delivery for me with no issues.
Absolutely love my FedEx outlet. If it’s got my name on it, they accept it.
@bolligra @rjquillin BD? WB?
@bolligra @jml326 not enough caffeine yet this morning when I posted that.
s/WB/BD
Wine Berserker
Berserker Day
@rjquillin I like how your “simplification” uses coding text-based interface-speak
I was sorely tempted on the Paetra. You’ll have to let us know how it is!
I had bought into the Kickstarter deal for free shipping for this year, which has been worth it. After two very long and very tortured shipping routes, I’m starting to feel like I’m getting the cheapest possible shipping. Hard to complain since it is FREE, but it has bugged me a little. Anyone else?
@ejrunion Can you elaborate on the stops you are seeing? So.etimes it’s hub related. I do t think they really have a “cheaper” FedEx ground option.
@trifecta This last time it paused for a while in Iowa, then a full day in Ohio, another full day near Philadelphia, two and a 1/2 days outside Syracuse, then finally to Rochester, NY after a whole day on the truck. This could all be circumstantial or weather related, but both times have taken a while to get to me after shipping. I really am not complaining - free is free!!! Just surprised.
@ejrunion Same! I had a case shipped back to CA because FedEx made “attempts” to deliver (I was home), but never contacted me or left a door tag. This almost happened again, but I raised a big stink on the phone. Turns out they intermittently listed my residential address as a business. I managed to reroute it to the local store but it was a royal pain. It’s not consistent, either. Some boxes get here just fine - and others seem to mysteriously never leave their distribution center. Kind of ridiculous.
I mean, NYC delivery is never exactly as you want it to be but this has been a bit extreme. Anytime I have to miss work 2x to have something simply delivered at the time they said they would deliver it is rather maddening. Hope I don’t have to call in for my latest order!
There have been a lot of weather related delays back east in the last couple months. Somehow I got on an email list and FedEx sends me regular notices to tell me when their hubs are shutting down for weather. There have been a lot of those emails in the last 60 days.
@airynne I feel I need to retract some of my comments. I spoke with a fellow Wooter and Casemate, and he didn’t feel like it was that bad, and he reminded me that many times a Woot delivery took quite a while to arrive. Put it down to my impatience to get it!
Fedex to houston is fine for me. It has options to hold at locations near me to pick up at my convenience.
Usually have had pleasant experiences with FedEx, but…A case was scheduled for delivery today. Took off of work to be here to sign for it, and the weather finally got to 60 so a good day to do outside yard work. At 9:30 a. m. the tracking indicated weather delay at 10 a.m. This package had arrived in the suburbs yesterday at noon, with a subsequent transfer to the downtown distribution center. There has been no rain or snow here, so what “weather delay” means is a mystery. I contacted FedEx and customer service had no answer and would/could do nothing to get it delivered any time sooner than tomorrow, some time during the normal delivery hours. I was assured by CS that it would be held in a temperature controlled location, however. LOL. (end of rant)
@jmdavidson1 Follow up for Thursday. Decided to have the package sent to a local grocery for delivery today. Checked the tracking this afternoon and FedEx says Delivery Exception new delivery date of Friday. SO, I go the grocery store and speak with all three managers and none of them said they sent the package back. Called FedEx and CS doesn’t know why there was an exception. They said they’d follow up and call me within the next two hours. That was two hours ago. DO I accept delivery or refuse it tomorrow? SO far, two big lies from FedEx and my wine has been driven around for the last 48 hours. I have also tried to contact Casemates CS to see what they want me to do, accept it or return it.